Neal Becker wrote:
> I'm wondering what are good choices for fast numpy array serialization?
>> mmap: fast, but I guess not self-describing?
> hdf5: ?
Should be pretty fast, and self describing -- advantage of being a
standard. Disadvantage is that it requires an hdf5 library, which can b
a pain to install on some systems.
> pickle: self-describing, but maybe not fast?
> others?
there is .tofile() and .fromfile() -- should be about as fast as you can
get, not self-describing.
Then there is .save(), savez() and .load() (.npz format)? It should be
pretty fast, and self-describing (but not a standard outside of numpy).
I doubt pickle will ever be your best bet.
-Chris
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